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Krentz, Ursula C.; Corina, David P. – Developmental Science, 2008
Fundamental to infants' acquisition of their native language is an inherent interest in the language spoken around them over non-linguistic environmental sounds. The following studies explored whether the bias for linguistic signals in hearing infants is specific to speech, or reflects a general bias for all human language, spoken and signed.…
Descriptors: Infants, Bias, Speech, American Sign Language